Poop and Parasites

[Fishylady]

I visited my local pet shop and shared photos of the debris in my tank. The gentleman working aquatics confirmed it is indeed platy poop but stated the color is an indication of parasites in the fish. How do I begin treatment?

 

[Colin_T]

If the fish are eating well but doing white poop, treat them for intestinal worms. See section 3 of the following link for intestinal worms in fish. The link also covers other reasons fish do stringy white poop. But worms are very common in livebearers like platies, guppies, swordtails and mollies. So start there first.

What to do if your fish has Stringy White Poop.

Fish do a stringy white poop for several reasons. 1) Internal Bacterial Infections causes the fish to stop eating, swell up like a balloon, breath heavily at the surface or near a filter outlet, do stringy white poop, and die within 24-48 hours of showing these symptoms. This cannot normally be...

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[Fishylady]

If the fish are eating well but doing white poop, treat them for intestinal worms. See section 3 of the following link for intestinal worms in fish. The link also covers other reasons fish do stringy white poop. But worms are very common in livebearers like platies, guppies, swordtails and mollies. So start there first.

What to do if your fish has Stringy White Poop.

Fish do a stringy white poop for several reasons. 1) Internal Bacterial Infections causes the fish to stop eating, swell up like a balloon, breath heavily at the surface or near a filter outlet, do stringy white poop, and die within 24-48 hours of showing these symptoms. This cannot normally be...

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Thank you!